Outreach

To get a better grasp of children’s health, College of Education & Human Development doctoral student Elgin Andrews is working with After-School All-Stars Atlanta — a program run by the Department of Kinesiology and Health that provides comprehensive after-school programs for at-risk students in the metro Atlanta area — to study how curriculum and policy can be geared toward urban youth to increase their overall health.

Prospectus Presentation – Marian Janet Nourollahi
@ College of Education and Human Development

Aug 4 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

An Examination of Preservice/Mentor Teacher Interactions On Beliefs, Professional Identity, and Science Teaching Practices
by Marian Janet Nourollahi

The purpose of this study of preservice and mentor science teachers’ interactions on their beliefs, professional identity, and teaching practices is to: 1) distinguish between what preservice and mentor teachers believe about science teaching based on research or prior experience, and their actual science teaching practices, and 2) determine how preservice and mentor teacher interactions help shape their beliefs and professional identity regarding science teaching and how this affects their teaching practices. The main research question is: How do the interactions between preservice science teachers and their mentor teachers affect their beliefs, professional identity, and science teaching practices? This question was explored through a situated learning lens utilizing a descriptive, single case study design. One-on-one interviews of the preservice and mentor teachers were conducted and analyzed for emerging themes on teacher beliefs and professional identity and specific categories of science teaching practices. Videotaped observations of preservice and mentor teachers while planning and discussing lessons were analyzed to determine meanings on science teaching practices that emerge through their interaction and subsequent discourse. Written artifacts, including lesson plans, mentor teacher feedback, and researcher field notes, were collected and analyzed to compare science teaching practices with the teachers’ espoused beliefs on science teaching and learning. The case study narrative that results from the written and verbal communication between the preservice and mentor teachers provides important insight into their relationship and the possible subsequent influences on science teaching practices. This may also have important implications for the future design of preservice teacher field experiences in science teacher education programs.

Distinguished Speaker Series
@ College of Education and Human Development, room 1030

Sep 2 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Distinguished Speaker Series Presentation

Presenter: Debbie Reese, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Debbie Reese’s research focuses on the ways in which Native Americans are represented in children’s books. She is a book reviewer for Horn Book Inc. and Multicultural Review and has taught children’s literature at the University of Illinois College of Education. Reese conducts workshops designed to help participants gain awareness about issues such as stereotyping, insider/outsider perspective and appropriation of stories.

This Distinguished Speaker Series presentation will begin at 12 p.m. in the Forum (College of Education and Human Development, room 1030).

Georgia State University will bring emerging technologies and the newest teaching and learning models to Atlanta at its STEAM3 Conference (science, technology, engineering, arts and math “cubed”) on Sept. 11-12, 2015.

The conference, hosted by the university’s College of Education and Human Development and the nonprofit Learning Innovations in Future Education, will transform the first floor of Georgia State’s Centennial Hall into an interactive learning environment, complete with immersive labs, workshops and demonstration areas focused on four themes: “The Living Classroom,” “The Game of Learning,” “Make Magic” and “Interactive Storytelling.”

Attendees will not only be able to experience the latest technologies and interactive methods for teaching STEAM subjects, but also listen to panel discussions and presentations by learning technology experts from Georgia State, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Robots and Pencils, Nano Art 21, the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Simulation and Training and other innovative organizations.

The conference will also feature an interactive playground that highlights topics like the gamification of learning and digital storytelling.

Georgia State University will bring emerging technologies and the newest teaching and learning models to Atlanta at its STEAM3 Conference (science, technology, engineering, arts and math “cubed”) on Sept. 11-12, 2015.

The conference, hosted by the university’s College of Education and Human Development and the nonprofit Learning Innovations in Future Education, will transform the first floor of Georgia State’s Centennial Hall into an interactive learning environment, complete with immersive labs, workshops and demonstration areas focused on four themes: “The Living Classroom,” “The Game of Learning,” “Make Magic” and “Interactive Storytelling.”

Attendees will not only be able to experience the latest technologies and interactive methods for teaching STEAM subjects, but also listen to panel discussions and presentations by learning technology experts from Georgia State, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Robots and Pencils, Nano Art 21, the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Simulation and Training and other innovative organizations.

The conference will also feature an interactive playground that highlights topics like the gamification of learning and digital storytelling.

Distinguished Speaker Series
@ College of Education and Human Development, room 1030

Oct 7 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Distinguished Speaker Series Presentation

Presenter: Qi Wang, Cornell University

Qi Wang received both her bachelor’s and her doctorate in psychology from China’s Peking University and Harvard University, respectively. She has received many honors and awards, including the International Society for Study of Behavioral Development’s Young Scientist Award, the Society for Research in Child Development’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Early Research and the SRCD Asian Caucus’s Outstanding Contribution to Research Award. Her book, entitled, “The Autobiographical Self in Time and Culture,” was recently published by Oxford University Press.

This Distinguished Speaker Series presentation will begin at 12 p.m. in the Forum (College of Education and Human Development, room 1030).

This fall, representatives from Georgia State University’s College of Education & Human Development and several metro-Atlanta school districts will come together to offer education students vital information for transitioning from collegiate life to a career as an educator.

The 2015 Professional Educators Induction Seminar is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Georgia State University Speakers Auditorium.

Distinguished Speaker Series
@ College of Education and Human Development, room 1030

Nov 4 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Distinguished Speaker Series Presentation

Presenter: Lois Weis, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Lois Weis is an author, co-author and editor of numerous books and articles that focus on race, class and gender in American schools, including “Beyond Silenced Voices: Class, Race, and Gender in United States School,” a book she co-authored that received the American Educational Studies Association’s 2006 Critic’s Choice Award. She is a past president of the American Educational Studies Association and serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including Educational Policy, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education and Review of Educational Research.

This Distinguished Speaker Series presentation will begin at 12 p.m. in the Forum (College of Education and Human Development, room 1030).